Category Archives: Football history

Turkish football club becomes the first to pay for a player using Bitcoin

By Editor , 14th May 2018 at 1:52 PM (11v11 blog)

Harunustaspor, an amateur football team from Turkey, just made history by becoming the first football team to pay for the acquisition of a player using the best-rated cryptocurrency of them all. Even though, at this level, the fees for the players are low enough so that you won’t normally need Bitcoin to pay for players, the small club wanted to put their mark in football history as being the first team to achieve such a feat. (more…)

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Everything you always wanted to know about the World Cup trophy

By Editor , 13th May 2018 at 10:46 PM (11v11 blog)

On 14 June in Russia, thirty-two national teams will be involved in the competition, with the ultimate goal of lifting the football World Cup. Let's have a look at the history of football’s Holy Grail. (more…)

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Parma: story of greatness and decline

By Editor , 11th May 2018 at 11:40 PM (11v11 blog)

When a club disappears from the world of football, it is always a heavy blow. In the UK and France for instance, clubs like Wimbledon FC, Accrington FC, Sedan, Le Mans, or Evian-Thonon-Gaillard (to a certain degree) are a part of such. A disaster for the fans, workers, but also for the economic and cultural activities of the city or region. If these examples stated here are about less prestigious clubs, the same tragedy can also affect a football institution.…

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Three fascinating facts about the bicycle kick

By Editor , 06th December 2017 at 8:48 AM (11v11 blog)

The bicycle kick, also known as an overhead kick or scissors kick is considered among the most athletic, spectacular manoeuvres that it is possible to execute on the football field, and while it has probably been responsible for more air shots than any other strike, a sweetly struck overhead is often a thing of beauty – especially when it hits the back of the net! Unbeknownst to some, the bicycle kick is as fascinating as it is spectacular, and in…

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Emile Heskey’s view on modern football

By Editor , 21st August 2017 at 8:56 AM (11v11 blog)

It's probably never been tougher to be an ex-professional footballer. It's hard to imagine how former football players must feel watching the game, knowing that even mundane EPL players are earning vast fortunes. One player to have just missed out on the 'stupid money cake' is Emile Heskey. A top flight career as a bruising forward with Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Wigan and Aston Villa came to an end in 2012 (although he did enjoy a career swansong in Australia's A-League…

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Which sport has the best mascot?

By Editor , 03rd January 2017 at 6:23 PM (11v11 blog)

Mascots come in a range of different forms: Lions and tigers… giant chickens, yes giant chickens. You name it; they probably have a mascot for it. Donning fuzzy uniforms and giants shoes are the characteristic that makes and symbolises the teams within each respected sport. (more…)

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The Ultimate Underdog XI

By Editor , 08th November 2016 at 4:16 PM (11v11 blog)

Everyone loves an underdog story, whether it is in football or any other great underdog moment as seen in the history of the greatest underdogs that beat the odds, the plucky no-hopers who defy the odds and topple giants of the game, and football has many examples. So here’s our ultimate underdog eleven. If they could ever appear on the pitch together we think they’d be unbeatable. (more…)

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The return of the terraces – AKA safe standing section?

By Editor , 13th October 2016 at 1:58 AM (11v11 blog)

Manchester United, Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion are the latest clubs to explore the possibility of installing a so-called safe standing area at their grounds begging the question as to whether, 27 years after Hillsborough, the call for a return to terraces in English stadiums is becoming too loud to be ignored. (more…)

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The history of the most unlikely winners of all time

By Editor , 13th September 2016 at 10:40 PM (11v11 blog)

History was made on the 2nd May 2016 when the unlikely underdogs Leicester officially became only the sixth team to win the Barclays Premier League. (more…)

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The similarities between football and bingo jargon

By Editor , 05th September 2016 at 12:53 PM (11v11 blog)

The jargon of bingo and football is, of course, very different, nevertheless, there are some considerable similarities. Both games are stupendously popular and just about everybody knows their most popular phrases. Whether it's playing a friendly game with your friends or playing for money both football and bingo are hugely popular worldwide, so much so they have developed their own etiquette and rules, variety of different tournaments as well as their own language and phrases. Now there may not be…

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